Round 3 of the Portugal Masters produced 49 sub-par rounds and a field average score of 69.08. Paul Waring leads on -16 with Otto, Thornton, Donaldson and Jamieson following behind. We analyse their performances and round up the Genworth Statistics leaders.

Paul WARING -16

Paul Waring converted five birdies against one bogey on his way to a third round 67, to lead by two going into Sunday. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 28 year old English golfer is performing magnificently with 29/42 fairways (ranking 8th), 46/54 Greens in Regulation (ranking 3rd) and 7/8 Scrambles for Par (ranking 4th). It has all led to great scoring across the different hole types, especially on the Par 3’s and Par 5’s.

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Stroke Average

65.67

1

Driving Accuracy

69.0%

8

Driving Distance

294 yds

18

Greens in Reg

85.2%

3

Scrambles

87.5%

4

Sand Saves

50.0%

22

Putts per GIR

1.696

17

Putts per Round

28.7

21

1 Putts per Rnd

7.00

24

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Par 3 Scoring

2.67

1

Par 4 Scoring

3.82

12

Par 5 Scoring

4.33

3

Eagles per Rnd

0.00

18

Birdies per Rnd

6.00

4

Pars per Rnd

11.33

-

Bogeys per Rnd

0.67

3

Others per Rnd

0.00

1

Par 5's in 2

2

12

Hennie OTTO -14

Hennie Otto converted four birdies against two bogeys on his way to a third round 69. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 37 year old South African has been steady with the longer clubs and he also has his eye in on the greens, which is leading to some great scoring on the Par 4’s (ranking 3rd) and Par 5’s (ranking 1st with a score to Par of -7 for those holes).

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Stroke Average

66.33

2

Driving Accuracy

69.0%

8

Driving Distance

286 yds

37

Greens in Reg

77.8%

26

Scrambles

58.3%

48

Sand Saves

0.0%

49

Putts per GIR

1.619

8

Putts per Round

28.3

13

1 Putts per Rnd

7.67

16

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Par 3 Scoring

3.00

33

Par 4 Scoring

3.79

3

Par 5 Scoring

4.22

1

Eagles per Rnd

0.67

1

Birdies per Rnd

5.00

15

Pars per Rnd

10.67

-

Bogeys per Rnd

1.67

28

Others per Rnd

0.00

1

Par 5's in 2

3

5

Simon THORNTON -14

Simon Thornton fired seven birdies against a single bogey on his way to a third round 65. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 36 year old Irish golfer is performing very consistently from tee to green with 29/42 fairways and 45/54 Greens in Regulation, plus he is averaging 1.622 Putts per GIR which confirms some great approach shot accuracy (Simon’s Par 5 Scoring average of 4.33 is fantastic bearing in mind he has not hit any Par 5 greens in sub-regulation).

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Stroke Average

66.33

2

Driving Accuracy

69.0%

8

Driving Distance

268 yds

65

Greens in Reg

83.3%

7

Scrambles

66.7%

25

Sand Saves

33.3%

43

Putts per GIR

1.622

9

Putts per Round

28.3

13

1 Putts per Rnd

8.33

7

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Par 3 Scoring

2.83

9

Par 4 Scoring

3.82

12

Par 5 Scoring

4.33

3

Eagles per Rnd

0.00

18

Birdies per Rnd

6.33

2

Pars per Rnd

10.00

-

Bogeys per Rnd

1.67

28

Others per Rnd

0.00

1

Par 5's in 2

0

60

Jamie DONALDSON -14

Jamie Donaldson converted five birdies during a bogey free third round 66 (one of eleven bogey free rounds by the field today). Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 37 year old Welsh golfer (who celebrates his 38th birthday next week) is driving the ball long and hitting almost 80% of the Greens in Regulation, plus his touch on and around the greens is sharp (Jamie also leads the Par 3 Scoring with a 2.67 average).

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Stroke Average

66.33

2

Driving Accuracy

52.4%

54

Driving Distance

300 yds

8

Greens in Reg

79.6%

18

Scrambles

81.8%

8

Sand Saves

-

-

Putts per GIR

1.651

13

Putts per Round

28.3

13

1 Putts per Rnd

8.33

7

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Par 3 Scoring

2.67

1

Par 4 Scoring

3.85

18

Par 5 Scoring

4.44

16

Eagles per Rnd

0.00

18

Birdies per Rnd

6.00

4

Pars per Rnd

11.00

-

Bogeys per Rnd

0.67

3

Others per Rnd

0.33

44

Par 5's in 2

2

12

Scott JAMIESON -14

Scott Jamieson fired no less than eleven birdies during a magnificent third round 60 (the low round of the day by far - and so close to a 59). Over the 18 holes, the 29 year old Scottish golfer actually hit only 6/14 fairways and 13/18 Greens in Regulation, but he took just 20 putts for the day, launching him up into title contention.

Least number of drop shots during the tournament: 1 bogeyBernd WIESBERGER, Chris DOAK.

Most 3 Putts: 5Marcel SIEM.

Most Eagles: 2Hennie OTTO, Julien QUESNE, Romain WATTEL.

Most Birdies: 21Justin WALTERS.

Most Pars: 44Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO, Chris PAISLEY.

Most Bogeys: 10Joel SJÖHOLM, Garth MULROY, Marcel SIEM.

Most Others: 3Seve BENSON, Joost LUITEN.

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